Survive | {Gratsu}

Winter Wonderland Fun

Hello everyone! I am back with an alternate version of one of my most beloved stories. Thinking back it was really hard to write about because of the uncertainty for the future of the Fairy Tail series. Now that I know how it ends, I do not have to worry about it anymore. 

This story is rated T for language and situation. As always, I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters. 

Chapter length: 920 words

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On a freezing winter day in Magnolia, a young man with green eyes and spiky pink hair bounded up to a blonde haired woman no older than nineteen. Snickering he packed a ball of sparkling white snow, grinning cheekily at the unsuspecting girl. With a cheshire grin he chucked it at the blonde, hitting her in the back of her head. Shrieking the girl turned and faced the laughing pinkette with a cherry red face of anger. In a second she whirled her foot at him.

"Take that!" she hollered, hitting him on the side of his head. Plopping onto the ground the man grabbed the side of his head in pain.

"Ow! Luce! You kicked my head" he groaned in pain at the blonde. Rolling her eyes she controlled a laugh bubbling up inside of her.

"That's what you get for getting my hair wet, you baka!" she huffs flakily holding out her hand. He reached for it and took it in his hot palm. With a smirk he yanked her to the ground as she landed on top of him.

"Natsu! You kechi! My stocking are going to be soaked now! Are you trying to make me freeze to death?!" she yelps as her pearly whites chatter from the icy water soddening her legs and head. Natsu roared in laughter, falling back into the snow as his best friend tried to get up from his lap. She bellyached as she finally got up and ran inside the guild hall for some warm cocoa and blankets.

Lifting himself off the snow covered ground Natsu looked around at the wintery wonderland. His muffler snuggly around his neck and his body covered in long sleeved clothing. He didn't really need it as he was a powerful fire mage capable of dragon slayer magic and demon magic, but it was just so nobody would look at him like he was a Kureijī.

Grinning he saw Gray still outside in the snowy courtyard. Darting over to the ice mage he skidded across the frozen walkway, sliding towards Gray. Flailing his arms around he tried to stop himself from toppling into someone.

"Waaaa!" he wailed as he rammed into another person.

Bumpft!

His head spinning he shook his head trying to make the dizziness disappear. Underneath him was Gray, grumbling as he held his aching head.

"Aho! Flame brain get the hell off of me you bastard!" Gray spit as he pushed the rosy haired male off of him. Natsu shook his head again as he relaized what he did.

"Ehe..." Natsu snorts, getting up and off the ice. He shivered, chills racing down his spine. Feeling weary he half smiled at Gray as the blue eyed man rose to his feet. Gray brushed off the snow and huffed in annoyance.

"You know you're a doji sunovabitch. Why can't you go bother someone else?" the ice mage goaded with a roll of his cobalt orbs. Crossing his arms over his chest he looked at the unusually quiet dragon slayer. The coral cut man coughed a little as he raised his body temperature. A small red spot was on his upper lip along with several beads of crimson trickling from his nose.

"Yo, ash-for-brains, you alright?" the ravenette asked in modest concern. Natsu looked confused for a second before smiling brightly at him.

"Yeah, I just slipped on the ice. Not really anything to worry about ice princess" he deemed, wiping his nose. The blood dribbled down his lip but he didn't notice as he began walking towards the guild hall. Gray paused for a moment before shrugging and going about his business.

Swinging the doors open Natsu barged his way inside the castle like guild. Most of the members were sitting around tables with blankets and cups of steaming hot cocoa. Looking up from her work Lisanna waved at the boyish pinkette.

"Natsu! Over here!" she bellowed to him with a kind smile. Grinning he strolled over to the bar and took a seat next to Cana. Handing him a cup of cocoa Lisanna gasped when she caught sight of Natsu.

"Oh! Um, Natsu... are you feeling okay?" Lisanna asked as she gave another mug of beery eggnog to Cana. The drunkard looked at Natsu and made a strange face.

"You look like utter kusottare, Nat" Cana mumbled over her drink. Questioningly Natsu tilted his head like a puppy.

"What do you mean?" Natsu inquired, wiping his bloody nose again as he shivers slightly. Her eyebrow cocking up Lisanna's lips press in a firm line. She waves over Wendy from the back table.

"Um, here. Let Wendy check you out" Lisanna said as she jots from behind the counter. Wendy gulped as she saw Natsu's red lips and nose.

"Um, Natsu-san. You don't look really well. Maybe you should try and get some rest" Wendy uttered as she placed her hands on his. Weirdly looking at the two girls he scooted away.

"I'm fine" he retorted getting up from his seat. Dizzily he managed to go over to the bathroom to look at his face in the mirror. Seeing the bloody nose he shrugged and grabbed a wad of toilet paper. Sticking it in his nose he waited few minutes before pulling it out and washing his lip and blood crusted nose. The bleeding gone he walked out of the bathroom and headed to the infirmary for a nap. Resting his head on the fluffy pillow he closed his eyes and drifted into dreamland.